The Enugu State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Lawrence Ezeh, has debunked allegations of sponsoring violence, arming youths, orchestrated attacks, and manipulating security agencies in Mburubu community in Nkanu East LGA.
This is contained in a statement issued on behalf of the Commissioner by his Personal Media Aide, Dr Chidi Peters Okorie, on Wednesday in Enugu.
The commissioner said that the recent publication by an online publication circulating on various online platforms alleging that he sponsored violence, armed youths, orchestrated attacks, and manipulated security agencies in Mburubu remained totally false.
Ezeh, who is also a Prince in Mburubu community, said that the “online publication is yet another desperate attempt to distort the truth and mislead the public”.
He said, “The truth is that both the 1976 and 2003 constitutions of the Mburubu community carry equal legal weight, as affirmed in the judgment delivered on Feb. 12, 2025, by Hon. Justice C.O. Ajah, Ph.D.
“The court made it clear that neither constitution abolishes the principle that has guided Mburubu for decades: Igweship must rotate among the villages in their order of seniority.”
According to him, this is not the first time such fabrications have been churned out. They come from the same small group, driven by the same ambitions, telling the same lies in different forms.
“Their objective remains constant: to impose illegality on the peaceful community of Mburubu by one man.
“The real issue in Mburubu is simple: the community must decide whether to uphold the constitution or allow one individual’s ambition to override the rule of law.
“The 2003 constitution remains clear. The courts have spoken. The community has spoken. Elders, youths, opinion leaders, and stakeholders have all affirmed that the constitutional order must stand.
“Myself (Prince Lawrence Ezeh) and the majority of peace-loving indigenes believe in following the law. The opposing camp believes in violating it,” he said.
He said that every attempt to drag his name into the mud “is nothing but a political strategy to blackmail him into silence”.
Ezeh said that the goal remained to weaken institutional resistance so that an unqualified candidate could be imposed as the traditional ruler of the community.
“This will not happen. The people of Mburubu have come too far and sacrificed too much to allow the constitution to be shredded for the sake of one man’s ambition.
“The truth remains that I did not arm youths. I did not sponsor violence. I did not orchestrate attacks. I did not manipulate the DSS or the police.
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“These allegations exist only in the imagination of those who authored them.
“What I have consistently championed is peace, constitutionality, and respect for judicial authority.
“The crisis stemmed solely from the reckless defiance of court orders and the failure of one man to accept that he is not eligible to be Igwe (traditional ruler),” he said.
Ezeh, therefore, advised members of the public to disregard the misleading publication and rely on the verifiable facts already affirmed by the courts and the constitution of Mburubu.
“Propaganda will fade. The law will stand. No degree of falsehood, emotional blackmail, or media manipulation can change the undisputed truth that it is not the turn of Umunafor village,” he added.
